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Comprehensive Report Dealing
With School Athletics Readied
A nine page report recom
mending principals and policies
governing administration of ele
mentary school athletics in Ore
gon was mailed to the state de
partment of education from here
today.
It will be considered by the
department and by the state
board of education for possible
adoption. The report was the
work of the statewide commit
tee for study of elementary
school athletics, physical edu
cation and health, sponsored by
the Oregon County School Su
perintendents' association.
Four Year Study
Submission of the recommen
dation climaxed four years of
' research and discussion involv
ing cooperative effort of 16 in
terested organizations. Alf B.
Mekvold, Jackson county school
superintendent, headed the proj
ect. Aim of the statewide group
was to propose policies placing
elementary school athletics in
the proper perspective and un
der proper controls and direc
tion in contributing toward the
total goals of education. Mekvold
stressed that the committee
never attempted to eleminiate
competitive athletics.
May Effect Control
He said that the report goes
to the state board and depart
ment wth the thought that ac
tion on their part might effect
some control on the state level,
through state standards. He men
tioned 'that while the Oregon
School Activities association
guides secondary schools in the
state. Policies and an organiza
tion to administer interschool
sports have been lacking on the
elementary level.
The detailed recommendations
may not be released until after
the state board has an oppor
tunity to consider them. How
ever, tournaments and tackle
football probably are the "hot
test" issues covered in the 27
regulations proposed by the com
mittee to meet its objectives.
Question Tackle Football
The report frowns on elimina
tion tourneys leading to cham
pionships and on undue publici
zing of championships. Value of
. tackle football in elementary
schools is termed "highly ques
tionable." Other rules for athletics,
limited to sixth, seventh and
eighth grade participants, con
cern parental consent, physical
examinations, extent and times
of practices, conditioning, limi
' tations on number of contests
and travel, ban on boxing, pub
licizing team effort rather than
individual, and qualification of
coaches and game officials.
Court sizes and length of play
ing times are suggested. Ap
proved track and field events
are listed.
Meed Recognized
The committee, prefacing its
proposed rules, recognized need
of vigorous physical activity by
boys and girls for proper growth
and development. Priority was
given to a program of physical
education, intramural athletics
and interschool play days and
sports days, placed in operation
in that order, before considera
tion of inter-school athletics.
Need was expressed for pro
tection of the health and wel
fare of children with activities
appropriate to physical and emo
' tional maturity. Good sports
manship and playing for sheer
fun were stressed, with winning
given secondary' importance.
The study was originated by
the county school superinten
dents in 1951 with a committee
headed by Walter Shold, who
is now one of the supervisors of
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education in the state depart
ment. A new committee was or
ganized in 1952 with Mekvold
as chairman.
Other Groups Join
Other lay and professional
groups were invited to partici
pate, with 15 of them naming
representatives to the statewide
committee. They were the ele
mentary, junior high and high
school principals' associations,
the city superintendents', class
room teachers', coaches and state
supervisors' associations, Oregon
Association for Health. Physical
Education and Recreation, Ore
gon Education association, Ore
gon School Activities associa
tion, Oregon Medical society,
Association for Childhood ' Edu
cation, state department of edu
cation, Oregon Congress of Par
ents and Teachers and the Ore
gon State System of Higher Edu
cation. Following a meeting of the
state committee a tentative re-
Catfish Derby Date
Week -From Sunday
, The 19th annual National Cat
fish derby will start at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 19, at Tou Velle
State park on Table Rock rd.
The Medford 20-30 club spon
sors the annual event.
A Catfish Derby queen will
be chosen from four Junior High
school girls, and entertainment
will be furnished by local resi
dents. The Medford 20 - 30 club's
Derby committee has asked en
tertainers interested in provid
ing entertainment to contact a
committee member or write post
office box 781, Medford.
The Derby got its start in
1936 as the result of an argu
ment between club members
over fish catching abilities. The
rivalry grew to include more
than two club members, and the
first derby was. held at Savage
Rapids Dam. Entertainment and
a queen were added to the Derby
in later years.
Herb Grey Reelected
By Motor Association
Portland (U.R) The Oregon
State Motor Association's new
headquarters , building in south
west Portland was dedicated yes
terday. The association reelected C. E.
Francis, Portland, president; Wil
liam Bell, Portland, treasurer;
and William Walsh, Coos Bay,
vice-president. Walsh gave the
principal address at the dedica
tion ceremony.
Eight directors of the associ
ation also were reelected. They
include Ralph R. Cronise, Al
bany; Herb Grey, Medford; Capt.
A. Leppaluoto, The Dalles; L. H.
Hoffman, Portland; Gov. Paul
Patterson, Hillsboro; H. W. Rob
erts, Portland; James F. Short,
Redmond, and David B. Simp
son, Portland.
Norman Gail Files
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School Board Notice
Central Point C. Norman
Gail of Gold Hill has filed his
candidacy for a member of the
school board in district 6C. He
is the only one to file thus far.
School board members will be
elected at a state-wide election
June 20. Monday is the final day
for filing petitions for, candidates.
port was sent to the various or
ganizations for consideration.
Representatives of those groups
reported back and revisions fol
lowed. The last revised report
was accepted last February by
the statewide committee.
Mekvold, H. P- Jewett, super
intendent of schools in Jackson
county District 6, and Lee V.
Ragsdale, Medford schools physi
cal education supervisor, were
detailed to edit the report. That
work has been done and stencils
on the report in its final form
were cut in Mekvold's office. ,
Numerous authorities and ref
erences in the field were used in
formulating the report, the
school superintendent said.
Mekvold said that his office
has recejved information from
the state department of educa
tion that it is going onv with
its physical education program
with no immediate plans for re
vision despite repeal by the leg
islature of compulsory PE legis
lation. The repeal, he brought
out, only served to take the re
sponsibility off the legislature.
It is hoped to make the recom
mendations of the statewide com
mittee a part of the state pro
gram. :
President To Speak
At Penn State Rites
Washington (U.R) Weath
er permitting, President Eisen
hower will fly in his new two
engine plane.; to ' Pennsylvania
State University this week end
where he will speak at com
mencement exercises on Satur
day The President will leave here
tomorrow afternoon by plane, or
by train if it is not possible to
fly.
He will stay with his brother,
Dr. Milton Eisenhower who is
president of. the university. An
other brother, Earl, will be
there.
Woman Hospitalized
Following Accident
Mrs. Dorothy Lorraine Casey,
Shady Cove, is reported in "fair"
condition at Community ho'spital
where she was taken late yester
day afternoon fo ra back injury
received in an automobile acci
dent north of the Eagle Point
junction on Highway 52. Her at
tending physician reported that
her condition is not critical.
.The accident occurred when a
pickup owned by the Eagle Point
Irrigation district and driven by
Henry Ray Serr, Butte Falls Star
route, Box 15, Eagle Point, at
tempted to cross the highway,
according to a report of the acci
dent made by state police. A se
dan driven by Mrs. Casey hit the
pickup as she was going north
on Highway .62, police said.
County To Be Served
By New Drug Division
Jackson county is one of nine
counties which will be served
by a new division of the McKes
son and Robbins, " Inc.; drug
wholesalers, at Eugene. The
counties formerly were served
by the company's Portland
wholesale house.
Increasing Oregon sales and
the need for improved service to
retail drug stores and to manu
facturers McKesson represents
in the area were listed as rea
sons for the expansion.
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Jacksonville Queen
Contest Plans Told
By Lions Sponsors
The Jacksonville , Jubilee
queen contest, for girls between
the ages of 13 and 21, will start
Monday, June 21, and end Aug
ust 4, Lloyd Evans of the Crat
er Lions club has announced.
.The Crater Lions has joined
the Jacksonville club and other
clubs in the Rogue valley in
sponsoring the jubilee this
year.
The queen contest is open to
any girl between 13 and 21 and
may be sponsored by individu
als, businesses or civic groups.
Girls who have no sponsor may
also enter the contest
Two Committeemen
Interested parties may con
tact Don Pilling at the J. C.
Penney company here or Floyd
Eastwood at the United States
National Bank here.
Prizes will be awarded girls
weekly who are leading in the
contest.
Evans said the joint effort of
the Lions clubs is to provide a
larger and better jubilee than
in previous years.
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Daily Weather Report
DATE June 9. 1955
Sunset tonight 7-46 p.m. Sunrise to
morrow 4:34 ajn.
FORECASTS
Medford ind vicinity: Variable
cloudiness thftugh Friday with scat
tered afternoon ' thunderstorms in
mountains. Low tonight 60. High Fri
day 95-98.
Western Oregon: Considerable
cloudiness tonight and Friday morn
ing with scattered thunderstorms
early tonight.' Mostly cloudy on coast
Friday and mostly sunny in interior
Friday afternoon. Cooler all sections
tonight and Friday. Low tonight 45
55. Highs Friday 70-85 in interior, 55
65 on coast. ,
Northern and Central California:
Fair tonight and Friday except for
coastal fog. Not so warm in coastal
valleys.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
80: above normal 17.
Record high this date .98 in 1918.
Record low this date 40 in 1954.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none.
Total this month none. .32 in. be
low normal. '
Total since Sept. 1. 8.87 inches,
8.33 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 20,
highest this a.m. 75.
CITY High Low Prec.
Brookings 55 47
Crater Lake 78 45
Grants Pass 108 56
Klamath Falls 94 64
MEDFORD 101 60 '
Portland 94 64
Seattle 85 63
Spokane 80 55
Yakima 90 56
Eureka 68 52
Red Bluff. 108 74
Sacramento 102 56
San Francisco - 68 52
Los Angeles 74 60
Phoenix 112 76
Denver 61 44 .04
Chicago . 73 60 .0!
Miami 83 73
New York 62 51 .09
Washington, D.C 68 52 '
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Thursday, June t, 1955
Roseburg Television
Washington (U.R) The
Federal Communications com
mission today granted Southwest
Oregon Broadcasting Corp. au
thority to construct a new chan
nel four television station at
Roseburg, Ore.
Southwest, owned principal-
Formula Hoped in
itish Rail Strike
London (U.R) Leaders of
Britain's striking railway men
met for two and a quarter hours
today with government repre
sentatives in their second emer
gency conference seeking a set
tlement of the disastrous labor
tieup.
They adjourned the ice-breaking
talks until tomorrow when
they hoped to work-out a formu
la which may get Britain's na
tionalized railWay system run
ning again -by the week end.
- The rail strike, now In its 12th
day, has forced a shutdown of
many of British industries,
forced layoffs now approaching
one million men and has snarled
and hampered the lucrative tour
ist business.
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lite to rebroadcast programs
from KVAL-TV at Eugene.
Southwest owns that station.
The only other applicants for
channel four at Roseburg was
Southern Oregon Broadcasting
Co. It withdrew its application
after buying half interest in
Southwests' proposed new sta
tion. Southern Oregon owns
KBES-TV at Medford, Ore., and
KUIN and KGPO-FM at Grants
Pass, Ore.
Echo Park Dam
Knocked Out of Bill
Washington (U.R) A House
Interior Subcommittee today
knocked Echo Park dam out of a
bill to authorize the Upper Col
orado Reclamation project
It substituted a section call
ing for a study by a presidential
commission of alternate sites for
the controversial structure in Di
nosauer Nation monument.
.The actions technically were
"tentative," a committee source
said, but he added that they
were not likely to be reversed.
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Drug Addiction
Of Troops Prevalent
Washington (U.R) Drug
addiction among. U. S. troops
stationed in the Far East is con
siderably more prevalent than
among civilians in this country
But Dr. Frank S. Berry, as
sistant defense secretary for
health and medical matters, told
a Senate Judiciary subcommit
tee yesterday the narcotics prob
lem among American troops it
bing "increasingly well handled"
and has been reduced to "rela
tively minor proportions."
Figures compiled by the Far
East command last fall for Dr.
Berry showed the drug addic
tion rate running at .7 per 1000
in white troops and 14 per 1000
in Negro troops. The govern
ment estimates the drug addic
tion rate in the civilian popula
tion in this country at slightly
more than .3 per 1000.
Jn a separate action, the tub
committee added immediate au
thorization for Navajo dam and
reservoir in New Mexico to the
four storage units previously in
the measure.
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